Razor.



F. MEYER.

RAZOR.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 8, 1911.

1,015,575. Patented Jan.23,1912.

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RAZOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 23, 1912.

Application filed April 8, 1911. Serial No. 619,718.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FELIX MEYER, zen of the Empire of Germany, residing at 22 Kurbrunnenstrasse, Aix la Chapelle, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in and Relating to Razors, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to shaving appliances, to safety devices comprising a blade, cap and guard, as well as to devices in which the blade is not protected by a guard or cap.

The invention consists in this that either the blade alone or blade and safety device, or safety device alone, are arranged resiliently.

In the preferred form of carrying out the invention the handle of the shaving device is made resilient, for instance, by being made or the like spring. Blade, guard and cap are either rigidly mounted together upon the resilient handle and have a common spring action, or the blade is stationary and-only guard and cap are resiliently mounted on the handle, or the cap and guard are stationary, whereas the blade is resilient.

Preferably the handle is so constructed that it does not consist of a single spring but of two coiledor other steel springs, which are inserted the one into the other, in such a manner that the handle can be made more or less rigid by adjusting the said coils, the one in the other. If instead of a coiled spring, a spiral (watch spring) is used for the handle, it is also preferable to make the handle in two parts, which can be taken apart and inserted into each other, so as to be able to again adjust the strength of the spring action at will. The object of the adjustability of the strength of the spring action is to be able to regulate the said spring action according to the growth of the beard or to the sharpness of the blade.

The object of the whole arrangement is the following a-The hitherto known safety razors possessed, it is true, the advantage of safety and allowed an unskilled hand, unable to use the unguarded razor, to shave more or lesssafely and without injuries. However, there always remained a considerable difference between this kind of shaving and the shaving ofthe professional barber, with his easy and skilled hand. The shava citiunevenness of the skin.

a cut in these cases.

ing by skilled hand is composed of fine strokes yielding to every unevenness of the skin. The barber on account of the skill acquired feels exactly where he may press and where a roughness in the skin or'a specially thickly haired place does not allow of pulling the razor sharply through, and in order to prevent injury he shaves such a place carefully and several times over. Especially when shaving upward it is necessary that the barber should have a gentle touch and shave carefully.

In the apparatus constructed according to the present invention there is a universal.

resiliency between the blade and the handle so that the blade can yield in all directions and the action is a similar and perhaps a still more ideal one than that of the abovedescribed shaving of the skilled barber, which can only be acquired by practice. \Vhereas the safety razors do not take account of the unevennesses of the skin or at least only in so far as the guards arranged on the safety razors press the skin a little downward the resiliency of the device constructed according to the present invention allows of an easy shaving, yielding to every The blade does not act in one stroke as is the case with safety razors, but the one stroke made by the hand consists of hundreds of short movements, and the blade somewhat glides over all un evennesses of the skin, recedes where it finds resistance, closely touches again where the resistance ceases, and the shaver does not require any practice in order to use the razor with the same elegance and ease as could hitherto only be done by the skilled barber. Especially if he device is constructed in the form of a screw spring and is not only bent laterally, but in consequence of the position of the blade also receives a spring pulling action, this easy working is more particularly noticeable. In consequence of the resiliency the blade, which only ciits when in a definite angle to the skin, is further not only pressed away from the skin in places, where it should not cut and be gently guided, but it is also bent out of its cutting angle and either stands under such an angle or thus parallel to the skin, that it cannot It might be regarded as a disadvantage that the shaving strokes have to be repeated more often than is the case with the known devices, but this is only an apparent disadvantage, which is compensated for by the fact that injuries are not possible.

other suitable way.

Fig. 3 shows the arrangement with a onesided blade in which the upper part of the coiled spring is bent over. The handle of the razor in this arrangement consists of two springs, which can be screwed the one into the other, e. 9., a lower spring d is pro- .vided, into which the upper spring can-be more or less screwed.

Fig. 4 shows another form of a razor b.

Fig. 5 shows an arrangement in which the blade I) is provided with a guard e, which together with the cap 7 is made of one piece. The blade in this arrangement can be screwed to the coiled spring a by means of a small-screw bolt 9, or it can be fixed inany other suitable manner.

Fig. 6 shows an arrangement in which the v guard e and the cap f are made independent of one another and are-fixed to the coiled spring by a screw 9.

- Fig. 7 shows a further form of construction in which the blade is mounted on an inner support it, whereas the guard and cap are resiliently arranged on the spring.

It is evident that the invention is not restricted to the forms of construction shown. The construction of the springs as well as the fixing of the blade or guard and cap to the spring or springs either alone or together can be modified in various ways.-

The invention broadly consists in arranging in ashaving device either the blade or the cap or the guard, or these parts taken together resiliently, coiled springs as well as spiral springs or any other resilient -or elastic arrangement being employed. I

What I claim as new and desire to secure by'Letters Patent is l. A razor comprising a handle, a blade holder and a resilient connection between the blade holder and handle.

2. A razor comprising a handle, a blade holder and a universally resilient connection 7 between the blade holder and handle. 5

3. A razor comprising a universally 'resilient spring handle, and a razor blade secured thereto.

4:. A razor comprising a spirallycoiled sprin handle, and a blade secured thereto.

5. razor having a handle composed of two cylindrical spirally coiled springs of different diameters adjustable one within the other. i

6. A razor comprising a razor blade, a guard therefor, and a handle having a universally resilient connection therewith.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FELIX MEYER.

Witnesses:

EDUARD LETFMANN, HENRY ANANFLIEG. 

